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Venison pasta bake

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 50 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, finely chopped
    • 1 tablespoon oil
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • 500g venison or beef mince
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ¼ cup liquid salt-reduced meat stock made with 1 teaspoon salt-reduced stock powder and ¼ cup water
    • 670g passata
    • ¼ cup red wine
    • 1 ½ teaspoons dried mixed herbs
    • 400g pasta shapes
    • 250g low-fat ricotta cheese
    • 50g freshly grated parmesan cheese
    • ¼ cup skim milk
    • 1 ½ cups grated carrots
    • 1 ½ cups grated courgettes
    • 2 cups baby spinach
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Cook onion in oil until softened. Add garlic and cook for a few more minutes. Add mince and cook until browned. Add cinnamon, stock, passata, wine and herbs. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes until sauce has thickened.

    2 Meanwhile, cook pasta following packet directions. Lightly grease a large ovenproof dish. Preheat oven to 190∞C.

    3 Mix ricotta, parmesan and milk together. Season. Stir into pasta. Add mince to ovenproof dish with grated veges and spinach. Top with pasta mix. Toss to mix ingredients together. Bake for 25-30 minutes then serve with chopped fresh herbs if you prefer.

    Serving suggestion

    Serve with Warm winter salad (see tip).

    Variations

    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pasta and stock powder and check cinnamon is gluten free.
    • Can be made with whole-wheat pasta and whatever pasta shape you wish.

    HFG tip

    You will need a large 2.5-3 litre capacity ovenproof dish to make this bake. Reduce the cooking time by about 5 minutes if made as individual servings.

    Warm winter salad

    This yummy salad goes well with pasta dishes.

    Grate red cabbagewhite cabbage and carrot. Thinly slice spring onions. Toss together in a frying pan with a little olive oil. Heat for a few minutes then add baby spinach and cook for a few more minutes. Drizzle with avocado oil and serve with a pasta bake.

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